Raiders
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A raider or raiders can refer to:
- Sports organizations:
- The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California.
- The Canberra Raiders are a National Rugby League team based in Canberra, Australia.
- The Texas Tech Red Raiders are an NCAA Division I team from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
- The women's teams are called the Lady Raiders.
- The Tampa Bay Raiders are a non-profit organization based in Tampa, Florida, that focuses on the boys and girls around the Tampa Bay area involved in baseball and other sports.
- The Reed Raiders of Edward C. Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada.
- The Rockledge Raiders of Rockledge High School in Rockledge, Florida.
- The Ransom Raiders of Ransom Everglades in Miami, Florida
- The Gulliver Raiders of Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida
- The Shippensburg Raiders of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania are the NCAA Division II athletics teams in Shippensburg, PA.
- Also referred to as the "Shippensburg Red Raiders."
- Military organizations:
- The Marine Raiders were an elite unit established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
- Tarleton's Raiders is the name of a unit of British dragoons active during the American Revolution.
- Quantrill's Raiders were Confederate guerrillas in the American Civil War.
- Military vehicles:
- The Cylon Raider is the basic Cylon fighter craft in Battlestar Galactica
- Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front is a Turkish terrorist organisation.
- A merchant raider is a type of ship in naval warfare.
- A commerce raider is a type of warship in naval warfare.
- A Dark Eldar raider is a type of anti-gravity transport used in the game Warhammer 40,000.
- The GAT-X370 Raider Gundam is a second generation Earth Alliance mobile suit from Gundam SEED.
- Video Games:
- Star Raiders is a computer game for the Atari video game system.
- Tomb Raider is a 1996 computer and Sony Playstation game, and the name of the ensuing series of games.
- Movie:
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 film based on the game.
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is the 2003 sequel.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark was the original name for the first Indiana Jones movie. It has since been retitled Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- Other People and organizations:
- Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band.
- Tusken Raiders (aka Sand People) are fictional creatures in the Star Wars saga.
- The Turanic Raiders are a race of space pirates from the strategy game Homeworld.
- Other uses:
- "Raider" was the old name for Twix in some European countries.
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